When We Happened

Chapter 15: Congratulations

Chapter 15

Congratulations

I think I made a mistake.

Well, not really me. Hindi naman ako 'yung nag-post ng photos namin ni Jeric. It was Jamie. But still, I let her do it and I still haven't erased it. It would look so bad now kung ngayon ko pa gagawin kung kailan nag-viral na 'yung photos namin.

Gosh. I shouldn't have gotten emotional about my best friend for not breaking-up with his psycho girlfriend. I shouldn't have been disappointed by his non-reaction to my first magazine cover. I shouldn't have felt so hurt and heartbroken that he was back with her.

It felt like we were back to square one.

After our talk in his bedroom, in the dark... I thought something had changed.

Apparently, I was wrong.

Mapag-assume lang talaga ako. Feelingera, ganoon.

I mean, why would he let go of his model girlfriend? She's a catch, so they say.

Pero 'tang ina, model na rin naman ako! And not to be conceited, for less than 3 months in the fashion industry, I feel like I've done more. I know I have achieved more than her.

Pero balewala naman ang lahat ng 'yun, diba? Kasi hindi naman ako masaya. Despite all of my new accomplishments, I still don't have the full support of my parents and I don't feel like I have a best friend anymore.

I know I'm still too far to get to the top, but I already feel so alone.

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Napagitla ako sa gulat at tuluyan nang nagising dahil sa malakas na pagkatakot pinto ng kwarto ko. For some reason, isang tao kaagad ang pumasok sa isipan ko na kayang gawin ito sa akin nang ganito kaaga.

What the hell is doing Yap doing here? Ang aga-aga niya manggulo!

I checked my phone and saw no text messages or missed calls from him to announce that he was coming. Shocker.

Sluggishly, I finally moved and opened my bedroom door. His annoyed face was the first thing I saw and I instantly mirrored it. Problema nito? Siya na nga nang-iistorbo nang walang pasabi, siya pa itong mukhang badtrip sa akin?

"What are you doing here? Paano ka nakapasok?" tanong ko kay Yap, nakasimangot at nagpipigil ng paghikab.

Nakasimangot din itong sumagot sa akin. "Kim let me in before she left."

"Whatever." Inirapan ko siya at tinalikuran, bumalik sa kama ko at umupo. "What are you doing here? Why do you look so mad?"

Isinara nito ang pinto matapos niyang sumunod at pumasok na rin ng kwarto ko. Pero hindi siya umupo sa tabi ko, tumayo siya sa harapan ko at tinitignan pa rin ako nang masama. He's literally staring down at me.

I watched him pull out his phone and searched something in it. Once he found it, he shoved his phone in front of my face. I slapped his hand away and grabbed it from him.

"What's that?" he asked as I looked at the screen. It was the photos Jamie posted on my Instagram account the day my first magazine cover was released to the public. Jeric and Me.

Ibinalik ko sa kanya ang phone niya at mas lalo siyang tinignan nang masama. "You went all the way here to ask me that. Pwede ka namang tumawag or mag-message!"

Ngunit parang hindi niya narinig ang mga sinabi ko, tuluy-tuloy lang siya sa pagtatanong sa akin. "Is he the same Jeric? The one in your first go-see?"

Bakit parang napakalaki ng kasalanan ko na nasa IG ko yung photos namin ni Jeric kung makapagtanong siya? Sa dami ng mga tanong niya, pakiramdam ko ay under interrogation ako.